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2025 Q2 Evergreen Cleantech Trends

Read an update from Investment Team member, Shashank Churukanti, on CleanTech VC trends from Q2.

August 2025 Cleantech Roundup: New Load Flexibility | State Capitalism | Clarity for Renewables Projects

This month, we’re highlighting Google’s innovative approach to load flexibility, the Defense Department’s investment in the rare earths supply chain, increased clarity for renewable project developers, and more!

July 2025 Cleantech Roundup: OBBBA Aftermath | Load Flexibility | Evolving Battery Life Cycles

This month, we’re covering the aftermath of the scramble to pass federal legislation on energy tax credits and what comes next, load flexibility, the evolving EV battery life cycle, and Google’s new long duration storage deal!

Co_Invest Climate 2025 Recap

Evergreen's annual flagship event, Co_Invest Climate, brings founders, investors, corporate leaders, and ecosystem builders to Chicago to gather, build community, and share learnings that extend beyond just the one day convening. Read the post for a full recap!

June 2025 Cleantech Roundup: OBBB | Going Nuclear | Durable EV Batteries

Happy summer, and RIP to the many important energy provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act. This month we’re talking about the One Big Beautiful Bill act and its implications for the energy sector, new interest in advanced nuclear, surprisingly durable electric vehicle batteries, and more!

Long Duration Energy Storage Needs a Boost

The United States is adding renewables to the grid faster than ever, and that's fantastic news for decarbonization, but there's a big catch.

Why We Invested: Lakril Technologies

Lakril's proprietary catalyst technology enables the production of bio-based acrylic acid, a critical component in paints, coatings, adhesives, and numerous industrial applications.

May 2025 Cleantech Roundup: Transmission | Big Beautiful Bill | Geothermal

This month, we’re discussing some good news (about the latest transmission line project in the country), some bad news (related to federal policy) and some really interesting technology development news involving vaporizing rocks.

April 2025 Cleantech Roundup: Tariffs | Geothermal | DOE | Batteries | Conservative Climate Policy

This month, we’re talking about how tariffs are impacting the energy industry, new geothermal partnership approaches, DOE staff reductions, new battery tech, thoughtful climate policy, and more…

2025 Q1 Evergreen Cleantech Trends

Read an update from Investment Team member, Shashank Churukanti, on CleanTech VC trends from Q1.

March 2025 Cleantech Roundup: Data Center Load Growth Panic? | Ultra Fast Charging | Indoor Ag Wilting

This month, we’re talking about how AI data center growth might or might not stress the grid, new ultra fast vehicle charging and its implications for consumer adoption, highlighting financial challenges in the indoor ag space, and more!

February 2025 Cleantech Roundup: Trade War | Evolving Generation Mix | Climate Tech Investment Data

This month, we are unfortunately again talking about federal policy uncertainty and brewing trade war activities, how the US generation mix continues to evolve, and the climate tech startup investment data Evergreen tracks.

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